POS & Checkout Systems
Vectron
EU origin, foreign-owned Report an error0–5 in half steps. 5 means the rubric's top anchor is met on the evidence.
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Vectron at a glance
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- Panel verdict
- The AI panel rates Vectron 3/5, the mean of 6 judges. Vectron Systems AG of Münster sells six till models with bundled payment terminals and cloud services, installed and supported through a dealer network. how scores are made
- As of
- Vendor pages captured 29 Oct 2026 to 1 Nov 2026; evaluated by the panel 30 Oct 2026. all sources
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The panel's verdict
Vectron Systems AG of Münster sells six till models with bundled payment terminals and cloud services, installed and supported through a dealer network. The bench scores it highest where the captured pages are concrete: checkout and hardware, fiscal compliance, accounting and portability and pricing transparency cluster at 6-7, resting on published specs and monthly prices (POS Life 24,90 € mtl., Grundgebühr 34,90 € mtl.), a BSI-certified Swissbit TSE with DSFinV-K-conform archiving for ten years, and a DATEV handoff from the daily closing to the tax adviser. The low points are payments and fees and operations and locations, both at 4 throughout the score range: we found no public information on the acquirer behind the terminals, payout timing, stock and article management, staff roles or a kitchen display. Sovereignty scores 4-5; the privacy policy states processing via Zapier in the USA under Art. 44ff DSGVO, the privacy contact is privacy@shift4.com, and we found no public information on where the myVectron cloud is hosted. Criteria vary by a single point at most, and the bench computed no notable judge disagreement.
Speaks for it
- Six till models from POS Life to POS 8 are documented with specs and monthly prices and described as usable during a network outage
- A public price list for Germany, Austria and further countries names till rent from POS Life 24,90 € mtl. to POS 7 inkl. Drucker 39,90 € mtl., the Grundgebühr 34,90 € mtl., hardware rentals and card fees
- The Swissbit TSE is named as BSI-certified with published retrofit lists, and daily closings are stored DSFinV-K-conform in IDEA format for ten years
- The DATEV chain is documented end to end, from the daily closing via DATEV Kassenarchiv online to the tax adviser
- The MobileApp is on App Store and Google Play with a demo mode without registration, and a Digital-Bon add-on covers receipts at the table
Held against it
- The captured pages give no public information on the acquirer behind the bundled P630 and V660p terminals, on payout timing, or on using a terminal of your own
- The captured pages give no public information on stock and article management, staff logins with roles, a kitchen display, or managing articles and prices across branches
- The TSE is sold über Fachhändler and we found no public information on its price, on installation and training costs, or on minimum term and notice period
- We found no public information on where the myVectron cloud holding the ten-year fiscal archive is hosted
- The privacy policy names processing via Zapier in the USA under Art. 44ff DSGVO, and the published privacy contact is privacy@shift4.com
Best for
- You run a restaurant, bakery, hotel or butchery in Germany and want the DATEV chain documented from the till to your tax adviser
- You run a single site and want published monthly prices with terminals and cloud services bundled in the package
- You want your daily closings archived DSFinV-K-conform for ten years with digital access for your tax adviser
- You value a local dealer network of more than 300 dealers for programming, installation, training and support
Avoid if
- You want to choose your own payment terminal or acquirer rather than the bundled P630 or V660p
- You operate in Austria and rely on the DATEV chain: the price list states the DATEV connection is not included in the Austrian package
- You run several branches: the pages document pooling data from several tills within one branch, but we found no public information on cross-branch article, stock or staff management
- Your compliance policy rules out US transfers under Art. 44ff DSGVO safeguards: the privacy policy names Zapier processing in the USA
The scores
| Criterion | Panel median |
|---|---|
| Checkout, receipts & hardware | 3.5 of 5 |
| Card payments & fees | 2 of 5 |
| Fiscal compliance (TSE, DSFinV-K, RKSV) | 3.5 of 5 |
| Inventory, tables, staff & locations | 2 of 5 |
| Accounting handoff, DATEV & data export | 3.5 of 5 |
| European sovereignty | 2.5 of 5 |
| Pricing transparency | 3 of 5 |
Checkout, receipts & hardware
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How a sale is rung up and what it runs on: a fast till on tablet, phone or dedicated terminal, articles, modifiers and discounts, split bills and tips, receipts printed or sent digitally (QR code, email, a digital Bon), returns and cancellations, a customer display, which hardware is supported or sold (receipt printers, cash drawers, scanners, scales), and whether the till keeps selling when the internet is down.
0 — Not a till; sales cannot be rung up or receipts issued in the product.
3 — Sales rung up on one device with a printed receipt; digital receipts, supported hardware and offline operation are basic or not described.
5 — A till app on named devices (iPad, Android or Windows) with articles, modifiers, discounts and split payments, receipts printed or sent digitally, returns and cancellations, a list of supported printers, drawers and scanners, and an offline mode stated.
8 — Several device types and own or third-party hardware with a published compatibility list, offline mode with its limits stated (how long, which payments, how sync resolves), digital receipts meeting the receipt obligation, customer display, scales and barcode labels supported, and hardware rentable or bought with the terms stated.
10 — A till that never stops a sale: offline operation documented including card payments and fiscal signing, hardware open to standard devices rather than locked to the vendor, receipt layouts that meet the legal minimum content in each named country, and a stated uptime or a status page with incident history.
The Café Owner
Six named till models with full specs and monthly prices, the 39,90 € mtl. packages including a printer, offline operation stated as "Bedienung auch bei Netzwerkausfall möglich", a mobile app on App Store and Google Play for taking orders and payment, plus a digital receipt add-on and a customer display at 11,90 € mtl. — that covers my counter. On split bills, tips, returns and cancellations, and on how long offline keeps working, we found no public information. 2 5
The Retail Shop Owner
Six till models with published specs (POS Life 10,1", the mobile POS M4 Pay 5,5", POS 7 and POS 8 15,6"), all described as "online- und offlinefähig" with "Bedienung auch bei Netzwerkausfall möglich", plus a MobileApp and the myVectron Digital-Bon for digital receipts. Receipt printers, scanners, cash drawers and a customer display are priced monthly ("Drucker 9,90 € mtl.", "Scanner 4,90 € mtl.", "Kundendisplay C11 11,90 € mtl."), which is the rental-with-terms picture I need. We found no public information on how long offline selling lasts or how it syncs, on scales, or on barcode label printing — the priced scanner is the only barcode piece I can see. 2 5
The Tax Adviser
Six dedicated till models with full specs (POS 7, POS 8, POS Life, POS M4 Pay and more), all marked online and offline capable, plus a MobileApp on App Store and Google Play and a Digital-Bon for receipts at the table. Printers, drawers, scanners and a customer display are priced monthly on the public price list, and the hardware TSE works permanently offline — but the pages state no offline limits, no scales or barcode labelling, and no uptime commitment. 2 5 3
The Hospitality Operations Manager
Six till models from a 10-inch compact to a 15.6-inch flagship are documented as "Online- und offlinefähig" — the till keeps serving during a network outage — with a mobile app for taking orders and payment and a digital receipt at the table, and the TSE page lists exactly which older systems can be retrofitted. Printer, cash drawer, scanner and a customer display are each priced per month, so the hardware story is concrete. We found no public information on split bills, returns and cancellations, or the limits of the offline mode such as how long or how syncing resolves. 2 3 5
The Fee-Conscious Merchant
Six named tills with published specs are described as online and offline capable ('Bedienung auch bei Netzwerkausfall möglich'), with a MobileApp for order-taking and payment and a Digital-Bon for receipts at the table. Printer, drawer, scanner and customer display are priced monthly ('Drucker 9,90 € mtl.', 'Kundendisplay C11 11,90 € mtl.'), and the mobile POS M4 Pay is drop-resistant to 1.5 metres. We found no public information on how long offline operation lasts, on returns and cancellations, or on split bills and tips. 2 5
The Skeptic
Six till models are named with full specs, stated offline operation and a mobile ordering app, and the hardware shelf is public: Drucker 9,90 € mtl., Kassenschublade 4,90 € mtl., Scanner 4,90 € mtl., Kundendisplay C11 11,90 € mtl., plus a Digital-Bon add-on for receipts at the table. The sale itself stays vague — nothing on modifiers, discounts, split payments, returns, or how long offline lasts and which payments survive an outage — and we found no public compatibility list beyond the vendor's own priced accessories. 2 5
Card payments & fees
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How the till takes card and mobile payments and what that costs: an integrated terminal and the acquirer behind it named, girocard, credit cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay, tap to pay on a phone, the fee per transaction by card type, monthly terminal fees, payout timing, and whether the merchant may use a terminal or acquirer of their own choice instead. A "free" till paid for by card fees counts here.
0 — No card payment of any kind can be recorded at the till.
3 — Card payments recorded at the till, by an integrated terminal or by typing the amount into a separate one; the acquirer, the fees and the choice of terminal are basic or not described.
5 — An integrated card terminal with the payment provider named, girocard, credit cards and mobile wallets accepted, the transaction fee published for the main card types, payouts with their timing stated, and the amount passed to the terminal without retyping.
8 — Fees per card type and terminal cost published, tap to pay on a phone, tips and split payments on the terminal, several integrated acquirers or terminals to choose from (not only the vendor's own), the regulated payment institution named, and card payments reconciled to the daily closing.
10 — Payments without lock-in: the till works with any of several named acquirers on equal terms, fees for every card type, currency and chargeback published, the merchant's contract with the acquirer separable from the POS licence, and a change of acquirer documented without changing the till.
The Café Owner
Card fees are published plainly — "Kartenzahlung 1,29 % (AMEX 1,9 %)" and "Onlinezahlung 1,99 %" — and two terminal models (P630 or V660p) come with the package as part of the bundle. Who the acquirer behind the terminals is, when payouts land, girocard and the wallets by name, or whether I could bring my own terminal: we found no public information. 5 1 2
The Retail Shop Owner
Payment terminals "P630 oder V660p" are named and included, the vendor says "Akzeptiere alle gängigen Zahlungsmittel", and fees are published: "Kartenzahlung 1,29 % (AMEX 1,9 %)" and "Onlinezahlung 1,99 %", with a separate "Preisliste 'Pay' für Betreiber". The acquirer or payment institution behind the terminals, girocard and the mobile wallets itemised, payout timing, and whether I could keep a terminal of my own choice we found no public information on. 1 5 8
The Tax Adviser
Payment terminals (P630 or V660p) come included in the package with card fees published at 1,29 % (AMEX 1,9 %) and online payments at 1,99 %, and "alle gängigen Zahlungsmittel" are accepted. But the acquirer or payment institution behind the terminals is never named, girocard and mobile wallets are not named, and payout timing and the option to use a terminal of one's own choice are not described. 5 1 2
The Hospitality Operations Manager
Card fees are published plainly — "Kartenzahlung 1,29 % (AMEX 1,9 %)" plus "Onlinezahlung 1,99 %" — and the terminals P630 or V660p come bundled with the mobile apps, with the vendor promising "alle gängigen Zahlungsmittel". We found no public information naming the acquirer or regulated payment institution behind the terminals, payout timing, or whether I could keep a terminal and acquirer of my own choosing instead. 1 2 5
The Fee-Conscious Merchant
The per-payment card fee is on the price page — 'Kartenzahlung 1,29 % (AMEX 1,9 %)' and 'Onlinezahlung 1,99 %' — which is what I look for first, though there is one general card rate rather than separate girocard and credit card rates. The terminals offered are the vendor's own P630 and V660p, and we found no public information on the acquirer behind them, on payout timing, or on using a terminal or acquirer of my own choice. 1 2 5
The Skeptic
Terminals are named (P630, V660p, payment included in a package) and the fees are published — Kartenzahlung 1,29 % (AMEX 1,9 %), Onlinezahlung 1,99 % — which is more than many show. But the acquirer or payment institution behind the terminals is not named, payout timing is unstated, girocard and mobile wallets appear only as 'Akzeptiere alle gängigen Zahlungsmittel', and we found no public information on using a terminal or acquirer of one's own choice. 1 2 5 8
Fiscal compliance (TSE, DSFinV-K, RKSV)
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How this is scored
Whether the till survives a cash audit: for Germany a certified technical security device (TSE) with its provider and BSI certificate named, hardware or cloud, the DSFinV-K export for the Kassennachschau and the tax audit, the receipt obligation (Belegausgabepflicht), the Kassenbuch and daily closing (Z-Bericht), GoBD-compliant storage for ten years, and help with the § 146a AO registration; for Austria the RKSV signature and FinanzOnline registration; for other countries their named fiscal rules (NF525, Fiskaltrust and similar).
0 — No fiscal function at all; the product is not a cash register in the legal sense, or states that it does not meet the fiscal rules of the markets it sells into.
3 — The till is called compliant ("finanzamtkonform", "KassenSichV-ready") without naming the TSE, the export formats or the closing; the details are basic or not described.
5 — A TSE included or offered with its provider named (hardware or cloud), the DSFinV-K export available, receipts carrying the TSE signature, a daily closing and cash book, and the receipt obligation met on paper or digitally.
8 — TSE provider and BSI certification named with what happens when the TSE fails, DSFinV-K and the GoBD archive for ten years stated, the § 146a AO registration supported, a procedure documentation (Verfahrensdokumentation) template offered, and the fiscal rules of at least one further country (Austrian RKSV or another) named and met.
10 — Audit-proof across markets: fiscal compliance documented per named country with certificates published, the procedure documentation maintained by the vendor, the fiscal journal exportable after the contract ends, and the vendor's handling of a Kassennachschau (what the auditor gets, from whom, how fast) described.
The Café Owner
We found no public information on what happens when the TSE fails, help with the registration, a procedure documentation template, or the Austrian fiscal rules. 3 4 2 5
The Retail Shop Owner
A Swissbit TSE is named with its certification ("vom Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI) zertifiziert") as microSD or USB stick, permanently offline capable, with numbering, time stamping, signing and export, over 70,000 delivered since December 2019. Daily closings are stored "DSFinV-K-konform im Fiskalarchiv im IDEA Format für 10 Jahre" in the myVectron Cloud and passed onward to DATEV, with a local plus cloud copy of the TSE data. We found no public information on what happens when the TSE fails, help with the § 146a AO registration, a procedure documentation template, or the fiscal rules of a second country being named and met. 2 3 4
The Tax Adviser
The Swissbit TSE is named as BSI-certified, available as microSD or USB stick, fully offline capable, with numbering, time stamping, signature and export stated, plus retrofit lists naming exactly which Vectron models take one. The daily closing is uploaded to a DSFinV-K-conform fiscal archive stored in IDEA format for ten years — exactly what an auditor wants. What I miss: no word on §146a registration help, no Verfahrensdokumentation template, no TSE failure handling, and Austria is served with price lists but the RKSV is never named. 3 4 2 5
The Hospitality Operations Manager
The German story is solid for my restaurants: a Swissbit TSE stated as BSI-certified, available as microSD card or USB stick, signing and time-stamping transactions that can be exported, with a cloud backup and fully offline operation, and closings stored DSFinV-K-conform in the IDEA format for ten years in the myVectron cloud. We found no public information on help with the § 146a AO registration, a procedure documentation template, what happens when the TSE fails, or the Austrian RKSV even though Austrian price lists are published. 2 3 4
The Fee-Conscious Merchant
The Swissbit TSE is named and BSI-certified, can run permanently offline, and its data sits both locally and as a cloud copy; daily closings flow into a DSFinV-K-conform fiscal archive in IDEA format stored for ten years. We found no public information on what happens when the TSE fails, on help with the registration under § 146a AO, or on a procedure documentation template. 2 3 4
The Skeptic
This one names its kit: a Swissbit hardware TSE with BSI certification confirmed, signatures numbered, time-stamped and exportable, fully offline operation, retrofit lists down to individual models, and DSFinV-K-conform storage in IDEA format for ten years flowing to DATEV Kassenarchiv online. For the top marks I would still want what happens when the TSE fails, help with the § 146a AO registration, a Verfahrensdokumentation template, and we found no public information on the RKSV or any second country's fiscal rules — Austria gets a price list, its rules are not described. 2 3 4
Inventory, tables, staff & locations
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What the till runs beside the sale: stock and articles with variants, suppliers and purchase orders, recipes or ingredients for hospitality, tables, courses and a kitchen display or kitchen printer, self-order and QR ordering, staff logins with roles and rights, cash differences per employee, reports by product, staff and hour, and several branches or sites managed from one back office.
0 — No articles, stock, staff or reporting beyond the single sale.
3 — An article list and a sales report; stock, staff rights, tables and several locations are basic or not described.
5 — Article and stock management with variants or modifiers, staff logins with roles, reports by product, employee and period, and for hospitality tables and kitchen printing or a kitchen display; several locations or tills under one account.
8 — Stock with suppliers, purchase orders and inventory counts or recipes, a kitchen display and QR or self-order, granular staff rights and a log of cancellations and voids per employee, central articles and prices pushed to several branches, and cross-site reporting.
10 — Multi-site operations run through the product: stock transfers between branches, central menu and price management with local overrides, franchise or group structures, forecasting from sales history, and every change to an article, price or void attributed and exportable.
The Café Owner
For my tables I see table reservation via resmio and bonVito, in-house and online ordering, an Order Hub with monitor for 39,90 € mtl., reporting, a BI interface, and data from several tills in one branch cumulated, with talk of serving chains. Stock and recipes, staff logins with roles and rights, and a kitchen printer or kitchen display as such: we found no public information. 5 4 1 2
The Retail Shop Owner
Reporting, a BI interface, vouchers ("Gutschein"), Order Hub, ordering and table-reservation services (restablo, resmio) are listed as cloud services, "Daten mehrerer Kassensysteme aus einer Filiale kumulierbar" covers several tills in one branch, and the vendor positions itself "vom Einzelbetrieb bis zum Filialisten". But as a shop with two doors and colour variants on every article, we found no public information on stock with variants, suppliers and reorders, staff logins with roles, or cross-branch stock visibility and transfers between my two shops — for a stationery business this back-office side stays dark on the captured pages. 1 4 5
The Tax Adviser
Cloud services cover table reservation, in-house and online ordering, an Order Hub, vouchers and reporting, with data from several tills of a branch cumulated and solutions scaled "vom Einzelbetrieb bis zum Filialisten", plus named partners resmio and restablo. But stock and article management, recipes, kitchen display or printer, staff roles and cancellation logs per employee are not described anywhere on the captured pages. 4 5 1 2
The Hospitality Operations Manager
For my eight sites this is the thin part: cloud services ticked include inhouse and online ordering, table reservation, vouchers, reporting and a BI interface, data from several tills in one branch can be cumulated, and the vendor positions itself "vom Einzelbetrieb bis zum Filialisten". We found no public information on central menu and price management pushed to branches with local exceptions, staff roles and rights, cancellation logs per employee, or stock and suppliers — the things my works council and I would need to see first. 1 4 5
The Fee-Conscious Merchant
Reporting, a BI interface, table reservation and ordering interfaces (resmio, restablo) and an Order Hub are listed, data from several tills in one branch can be pooled, and solutions are offered 'vom Einzelbetrieb bis zum Filialisten'. We found no public information on stock and article management, on staff logins with roles, or on a kitchen display. 1 4 5
The Skeptic
Reservations (resmio), ordering (restablo, Inhouse- and Online-Ordering, Order Hub), a reporting module with a BI interface, and data from several tills in one branch cumulated — plus the claim of solutions from Einzelbetrieb to Filialist. But the captured pages say nothing about stock and suppliers, staff logins and rights, cash differences per employee, a kitchen display, or how articles and prices reach several branches, so multi-site running is asserted rather than documented. 1 2 4 5
Accounting handoff, DATEV & data export
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What reaches the books and what leaves with the merchant: an export to DATEV (DATEV format, DATEV Kassenarchiv online, DATEV Unternehmen online) and to named accounting tools, booking with revenue accounts and tax rates, card payouts and fees reconciled, an API and webhooks, integrations with shop, booking or staff tools, and a complete export of articles, customers, sales and fiscal journals when the contract ends.
0 — No export of any kind; the day's figures have to be retyped.
3 — A CSV or PDF report of sales; booking data, named integrations and a full export are basic or not described.
5 — A DATEV export or another named accounting export with revenue accounts and tax rates, several integrations listed, a documented API, and sales and articles exportable.
8 — DATEV Kassenarchiv online or DATEV Unternehmen online named, card payouts and fees booked separately for reconciliation, a public API with webhooks and a developer portal, integrations with named shop, booking and staff-scheduling tools, and a full export of articles, customers and sales stated.
10 — Nothing stays behind: a complete export of all records including the fiscal journal and receipts in documented formats, access to past data after cancellation for the retention period stated, a migration path from and to other named systems, and the API covering every object the back office shows.
The Café Owner
The DATEV handover is described end to end: the daily closing uploads to the myVectron Cloud, is stored DSFinV-K-conform in IDEA format for ten years, and moves automatically into DATEV Kassenarchiv online run by DATEV eG Nürnberg, onward to DATEV Kassenbuch online and Unternehmen online, so my tax advisor receives it digitally. A public API with webhooks, card payouts and fees booked for reconciliation, and a complete export of articles and customers when the contract ends: we found no public information. 4 5
The Retail Shop Owner
The DATEV chain is exactly the USB-stick-free handover I want: closing at the till, upload to the myVectron Cloud, automated transfer to "DATEV Kassenarchiv online" (betrieben von der DATEV eG, Nürnberg), forwarding to "DATEV Unternehmen Online" and "DATEV Kassenbuch online", and "Die Kassendaten werden deinem Steuerberater digital zur Verfügung gestellt". The Österreich note that the DATEV Anschluss is "nicht im Paket enthalten" matters for my Austrian colleagues. We found no public information on a public API with webhooks and a developer portal, separate booking of card payouts and fees for reconciliation, or a complete export of articles, customers and sales when the contract ends. 4 5
The Tax Adviser
The DATEV chain is the best I have seen on paper: fiscal data goes automatically from the till closing via the myVectron cloud to DATEV Kassenarchiv online (DATEV eG, Nürnberg), then to DATEV Kassenbuch online and DATEV Unternehmen online, ending in the tax advisor's accounting. Missing are revenue accounts and tax rates, card payout and fee reconciliation, a documented public API with webhooks, and any statement on a full export of articles, customers and sales when the contract ends. 4 5 7
The Hospitality Operations Manager
The DATEV handoff is the strongest thing here: closings flow from the till into the myVectron cloud, are held DSFinV-K-conform for ten years, and are transferred automatically to DATEV Kassenarchiv online and on to DATEV Kassenbuch online and DATEV Unternehmen online for my tax advisor. Beyond reservation and ordering interfaces we found no public information on a documented API with webhooks, separate booking of card payouts and fees, or a full export of articles and customers when the contract ends. 4 5
The Fee-Conscious Merchant
The DATEV handoff is documented end to end: daily closing into the myVectron cloud, automated transfer to DATEV Kassenarchiv online run by DATEV eG in Nuremberg, on to DATEV Kassenbuch online and DATEV Unternehmen online, with the tax adviser receiving the data digitally and ten-year storage stated. We found no public information on a documented API or webhooks, on card payouts and fees being booked for reconciliation, or on a complete export of articles and customers when the contract ends. 4 5
The Skeptic
The DATEV handoff is the best-documented thing here: automated transfer of fiscal data to DATEV Kassenarchiv online, onward to DATEV Kassenbuch online and Unternehmen online, with digital access for the tax advisor via the DATEV-Cloud. But a documented API with webhooks, booking of card payouts and fees for reconciliation, and — the question I always ask — a full export of articles, customers and fiscal journals when the contract ends are not described; the Art. 20 DSGVO portability right in the privacy policy is a legal claim, not a product feature. 4 5 7
European sovereignty
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Who the contracting entity and the parent company are, where sales, customer and employee data are hosted, and who the subprocessors are (hosting, cloud TSE, payment processing, receipt delivery, email, analytics). Independently sourced by the sovereignty pipeline; POS data is financial and fiscal at once, holds staff logins and customer cards, and has to stay readable for the tax office for ten years, so the whole chain counts, not only the database.
0 — Non-EU vendor and contracting entity, hosting unstated, subprocessors unnamed, and no data processing agreement offered.
3 — A privacy policy and a data processing agreement exist, but hosting location is unstated or non-EU and the subprocessors are not listed.
5 — EU hosting available and an EU contracting entity or EU representative, but parts of the chain (cloud TSE, payment processing, email, analytics, support) run through non-EU providers without a stated safeguard.
8 — EU hosting on named infrastructure, EU contracting entity, TSE provider and payment institution, subprocessors listed with their locations, a data processing agreement published, and security certifications (ISO 27001, SOC 2) stated.
10 — Sovereign end to end and evidenced: European ownership, entity, TSE, payment institution, hosting and every subprocessor, data export and deletion documented, and certifications published with their scope rather than implied.
The Café Owner
Vectron Systems AG in Münster with register court and number is the contracting entity and controller, a data processing agreement with three annexes is available, and named subprocessors carry their locations — though OneTrust sits in Atlanta, a UK provider in Cardiff, and Zapier transfers to the USA under Art. 44ff DSGVO, and the privacy contact given is privacy@shift4.com. Where the myVectron Cloud holding my ten-year fiscal archive is hosted, and any security certifications: we found no public information. 6 7 8 3
The Retail Shop Owner
Contracting entity and controller is the Vectron Systems AG, Willy-Brandt-Weg 41, 48155 Münster, with a published Auftragsverarbeitungsvertrag including three annexes, and named subprocessors with locations such as Cloudflare Germany GmbH (München), LinkedIn Ireland and OneTrust, LLC (Atlanta, USA); the privacy contact runs through privacy@shift4.com. Personal data may be processed in the USA via Zapier on the basis of "Art. 44ff. DSGVO" with EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework participation stated for parts of the providers. Where my till, TSE backup and fiscal archive in the myVectron Cloud are actually hosted we found no public information on, and no security certifications are stated. 6 7 8
The Tax Adviser
The contracting entity is Vectron Systems AG in Münster with the register court named, a data processing agreement with three annexes is published, and the privacy policy lists subprocessors with locations — Cloudflare Germany, EQS, LinkedIn Ireland, but also OneTrust in Atlanta and Zapier-based transfers to the USA under Art. 44ff DSGVO safeguards. Where the myVectron cloud and the till data are actually hosted is not stated on the captured pages, and no ISO 27001 or SOC 2 certification appears. 6 7 8 3
The Hospitality Operations Manager
The contracting entity is the German Vectron Systems AG in Münster with a published data processing agreement and a GDPR policy, and subprocessors are named with their locations — though the ones listed, such as OneTrust in Atlanta and jsDelivr in Cardiff, serve the website rather than my till data. We found no public information on where the myVectron cloud, the TSE backup or payment processing are hosted; the privacy contact runs on a shift4.com address and the policy describes US transfers via Zapier under Art. 44ff. DSGVO safeguards. 6 7 8
The Fee-Conscious Merchant
The contracting entity is the Vectron Systems AG in Münster with a published data processing agreement and named subprocessors with their locations, and the fiscal archive runs with DATEV eG in Nuremberg. The privacy notice, however, names processing via Zapier in the USA under Art. 44ff DSGVO safeguards and a US consent tool under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, the published privacy contact is privacy@shift4.com, and the hosting location of the POS cloud is not stated. We found no public information on hosting infrastructure or security certifications. 4 6 7 8
The Skeptic
The contracting and controlling entity is Vectron Systems AG in Münster, a data processing agreement with three annexes is published, and website subprocessors are listed with locations — Cloudflare Germany GmbH in München alongside OneTrust LLC in Atlanta and a UK provider, with US transfers via Zapier under Art. 44ff. DSGVO. Hosting location for the myVectron cloud and the fiscal chain is unstated, and we found no public information confirming the ownership structure on the vendor's own pages — while the privacy contact reads privacy@shift4.com and the homepage carries a squeeze-out demand from Arrow HoldCo GmbH. 1 6 7 8
Pricing transparency
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How this is scored
Whether a buyer can compute the real annual cost from public pages alone: licence per till or per location, which modules (tables, kitchen display, stock, extra tills, DATEV export) cost extra, the TSE and its yearly fee, hardware to buy or rent, card terminal fees and transaction fees, setup and installation, support plans, minimum term and notice period.
0 — No public prices at all; every customer is a sales call or a dealer quote.
3 — A starting price or a free tier exists, but how cost scales with tills, locations, modules or hardware is unclear.
5 — Plans are public with their price per till or location and main inclusions, but at least one commonly needed piece (the TSE, extra tills, hardware, card fees, setup) is unpriced or "on request".
8 — Every plan priced publicly with its scaling rule, the TSE, hardware and add-ons priced, card fees and terminal costs listed, setup and support priced, minimum term and VAT treatment stated.
10 — Complete price computability: annual cost derivable for a given number of tills, locations, modules and card volume, with every add-on, hardware, TSE, setup, support and payment fee and the cancellation and data-return terms published.
The Café Owner
I can read most of my second-year cost: till packages from "Nur 24,90 € mtl." to "39,90 € mtl. inkl. Drucker", a "Grundgebühr 34,90 € mtl.", hardware rented monthly — Drucker "9,90 € mtl.", Kassenschublade "4,90 € mtl.", Scanner "4,90 € mtl.", Kundendisplay C11 "11,90 € mtl." — plus published card fees and the note that these are recommended prices excluding installation plus VAT, with price lists for Germany, Austria and further countries. The TSE comes "über Fachhändler" with no public price, and installation, support and minimum term are dealer matters we found no public information on. 5 2 8
The Retail Shop Owner
There is a public "Endkundenpreisliste" ("empfohlene Verkaufspreise ohne Installationskosten zzgl. MwSt.") covering tills ("POS Life 24,90 € mtl.", "POS 7/8 39,90 € mtl. inkl. Drucker"), a "Grundgebühr 34,90 € mtl.", monthly hardware rates, "Order Hub Systembox & Monitor1 39,90 € mtl.", card fees, and myVectron price lists for ten countries — VAT treatment is stated. The TSE runs "über Fachhändler" with no published price, installation and support are dealer matters, and on minimum term and notice period we found no public information. That leaves a shop like mine unable to compute the full annual cost, hardware purchase prices included, from the public pages alone. 2 5 8
The Tax Adviser
The public price list names monthly prices per till model (POS Life 24,90 €, POS 7 and 8 at 39,90 € including printer), a base fee of 34,90 €, monthly hardware prices for display, drawer, scanner and printer, card fees of 1,29 % and online payments of 1,99 %, all as recommended prices excluding installation and plus VAT, with further price lists for ten countries. But the TSE is only available "über Fachhändler" without a price, installation and support are dealer matters without published cost, and minimum term and notice period are not stated. 5 8
The Hospitality Operations Manager
Per-till monthly prices, a base fee, itemised hardware rentals and card percentages are public — "POS 7 inkl. Drucker 39,90 € mtl.", "Grundgebühr 34,90 € mtl." — with separate published price lists for Germany, Austria and six further countries, and VAT treatment stated as "zzgl. MwSt.". But the TSE is routed "über Fachhändler", installation costs are explicitly excluded from the list, and support runs through dealers, so we found no public information on the TSE's yearly fee, setup pricing, or minimum term and notice period. 5 8
The Fee-Conscious Merchant
A public price list, with versions for Germany, Austria and further countries, names the till rent ('POS Life 24,90 € mtl.', 'POS 7 inkl. Drucker 39,90 € mtl.'), a 'Grundgebühr 34,90 € mtl.', peripheral rents and the card fees, and states prices are 'ohne Installationskosten zzgl. MwSt.'. The TSE is routed 'über Fachhändler' without a public price, programming, installation and training go through the dealer, and we found no public information on the minimum term and notice period. 1 5 8
The Skeptic
Public and per-country: POS Life 24,90 € mtl., POS M4 Pay 29,90 € mtl., POS 7 and POS 8 each 39,90 € mtl. inkl. Drucker, a Grundgebühr 34,90 € mtl., hardware rents, card fees, and price lists for Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, France and six further countries. The gaps are exactly the ones I look for: the TSE goes 'über Fachhändler' with no price, installation and training run through the dealer, prices are 'empfohlene Verkaufspreise ohne Installationskosten zzgl. MwSt.', and no minimum term or notice period appears — a third of the annual bill is a dealer conversation. 2 5 8
European sovereignty — proven facts
0 of 6 dimensions provenBuilt only from facts shown on the vendor's own pages. A dimension we could not prove is left open, not scored as zero.
| Legal entity | Not determined ⚠ unverified | — | uncited Report an error |
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| Hosting location | Not determined ⚠ unverified | — | uncited Report an error |
| Hosting options | Not determined | — | uncited Report an error |
| Open source | Not determined | — | uncited Report an error |
| Data processing agreement | Not determined ⚠ unverified | — | uncited Report an error |
| Transfer impact assessment | Not determined | — | uncited Report an error |
Questions about Vectron
Is Vectron European?
Partly. whats-best.ai classifies Vectron as EU origin, foreign-owned.
Where does Vectron store data?
Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 1 Nov 2026.
Does Vectron have a free plan?
Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 1 Nov 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Vectron?
As of 3 Nov 2026, the panel rates ready2order (3.5/5), Square (3/5) and Gastronovi (3/5) highest among the other 18 POS & Checkout Systems products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European alternative is ready2order (EU-Made). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: how scores are made. The full list, with European products first: Vectron alternatives.
Where this could be wrong
- Evidence ages. The oldest capture behind this page is from 29 Oct 2026. Vendors change pricing and policies without notice; every fact reflects its source as of the capture date shown in the registry.
- Weak sourcing — Data processing agreement, Legal entity, Hosting location. Not confirmed on the vendor’s own pages as captured.
- AI can misread a source. Extraction and judgement are automated; a citation guarantees traceability, not infallibility. If something here is wrong, say so — no account needed, every report is decided within 5 business days, and accepted corrections are published.
What we left out
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- 3 product facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 3 subprocessors facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 3 support facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 2 pricing facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 1 legal fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 3 sovereignty dimensions could not be confirmed on the vendor’s own pages and are shown as unknown. Know more? Tell us
- 6 of the readings below were written against an earlier fact sheet — a fact has been corrected, added or pulled since. Until the panel next runs on this product you are reading the older judgement. Know more? Tell us
Sources (9)
The pages every claim on this page was read from — each one checked, dated, and kept verifiable.
- 1 Vendor homepage www.vectron-systems.com Checked 29 Oct 2026 Details →
- 2 Features page (till hardware) www.vectron-systems.com Checked 29 Oct 2026 Details →
- 3 Features page (TSE) www.vectron-systems.com Checked 29 Oct 2026 Details →
- 4 Features page (DATEV Kassenarchiv online) www.vectron-systems.com Checked 29 Oct 2026 Details →
- 5 Pricing page www.vectron-systems.com Checked 29 Oct 2026 Details →
- 6 Legal notice www.vectron-systems.com Checked 29 Oct 2026 Details →
- 7 Privacy policy www.vectron-systems.com Checked 29 Oct 2026 Details →
- 8 Terms, price lists and data processing agreement (myVectron) www.vectron-systems.com Checked 29 Oct 2026 Details →
- 9 Security / trust page — found from the homepage www.vectron-systems.com Checked 1 Nov 2026 Details →